Kara-Balta in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kara-Balta in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kara-BaltaChuy (Region)Kyrgyzstan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kara-Balta plotted against Chüy and Kyrgyzstan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kara-Balta's incremental SNDi rose from 2.85 to 3.63 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kara-Balta ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Chüy and 2nd out of 8 in Kyrgyzstan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.63
Rank in Kyrgyzstan
5th of 8
Rank in Chüy
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.84
Rank in Kyrgyzstan
2nd of 8
Rank in Chüy
1st of 1

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kara-BaltaBaroqahSolola - Tz'oloj Ya'

In new street additions, Kara-Balta and Baroqah both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Sololá - Tz'olöj Ya' built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Kara-Balta and Baroqah have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.